Stan Adamson

PICTURE: Mykola Temniuk, the CSL’s top goalscorer for 2019, was the top scorer  for Ukrainian club FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk in the 2016-17 season.

Mykola Temniuk of FC Vorkuta led the CSL First Division scoring in the regular season just ended and Marko Stajic of Serbian White Eagles was the leading goalscorer in the Second Division.

Temniuk found the net 18 times to be five ahead of Aleksander Stojiljvovic of Scarborough SC, the CSL First Division leading goalscorer in 2017. Stajic scored 13 times during the regular season.

Temniuk led early when boosted by a hat-trick in the Vorkuta 7-0 defeat of Real Mississauga on June 15 and played a big part in Vorkuta being the most prolific team in the First Division with 66 goals.

But the achievement was not new to the Ukrainian-born striker who was the top goalscorer for FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk of the Ukraine in the 2016-17 season, a time when the team gained promotion to the Ukrainian Second Division. Temniuk was also a member of the Ahrobiznes Volochysk side when further promoted to the First Division. He was transferred to Ukrainian club Nyva Ternopil where he played 11 games before his signing for FC Vorkuta and moving to Canada early 2019. Temniuk, now 27, also played for Stal Sanok of Poland earlier in his career.

Marko Stajic, 20,  is one of a number of promising young players with Serbian White Eagles and in addition to playing 14 of the 15 regular season games for Serbian White Eagles reserves has made several appearances for the First Division side playing with distinction.

A DECADE’S LEADING GOALSCORERS

2010      Tihomir Maletic (Toronto Croatia)

2011      Stefan Vukovic   (Toronto FC II)

2012      Dražen Vukovic  (SC Waterloo)

2013      Guillaume Surot (Kingston FC)

2014      Marin Vucemilovic-Grgic (London City)

2015      Richard West (York Region Shooters)

2016      Sergiy Ivliev (FC Ukraine United)

2017      Aleksandar Stojiljkovic     (Scarborough SC)

2018      Sani Dey (Hamilton City)

2019      Mykola Temniuk (FC Vorkuta)

 

 

 

 

 

PICTURE: Aleksander Stojiljkovic drives the ball past Ukraine United goalkeeper Vladimir Dragicevic, one of 48 goals scored during the striker’s three seasons with with now CSL champions Scarborough.

Scarborough striker Aleksander Stojiljkovic made his mark in the CSL sometime ago when he became known as the 4-goal man, scoring four goals in a 7-0 victory against Milton on September 2, 2017, followed by another four goals in a 5-0 win over Brantford Galaxy, he then jumped into the 2018 season with four in a 5-1 defeat of Hamilton City on May 27, 2018.

Since arriving in Canada to play for SC Waterloo in 2014, the Serbian-born Stojiljkovic has won Player of the Week, Rookie of the Year and the CSL’s Top Scorer awards. He’s scored 48 goals in his three seasons with Scarborough.

It’s little wonder his goal-scoring threatening attitude made a difference in Scarborough’s championship win on October 26 when he scored both goals in the 2-0 Scarborough victory. Stojiljkovic’s goals won the game, but were secondary to his always ready-to-score presence that the opposition has to deal with throughout. It’s not the first time FC Ukraine United has suffered a key championship defeat by Scarborough and Stojiljkovic. Both teams will still vividly remember Stojiljkovic’s  91^st minute winning goal  in the 2018 CSL Championship semifinal, a 2-1 score which eliminated Ukraine United, putting the Toronto east-end team into the final.

Scarborough are the CSL Champions and deservedly so, and Ukraine United’s steadfast determination to bring much success to the club before and since entering the Canadian Soccer League in 2016 made for an outstanding finalist.

But FC Vorkuta cannot be overlooked as 2019 goes into the history books.  The team that bears the name of a community in northern Russia won three of the four titles up for grabs in a tough level of Canadian soccer that is the CSL First and Second Divisions.  The club’s reserve team won the CSL Second Division Championship with a 2-0 victory over Serbian White Eagles B after wrapping up both the First Division and Second Division league titles. That’s a first in the CSL’s long history.

We’ll call it a Troika.

 

 

 

 

PICTURE: A jubilant Scarborough SC are the 2019 champions following a decisive 2-0 victory over FC Ukraine United in a well played CSL Championship Final at Centennial Stadium Saturday.   It was Scarborough’s first CSL Championship win and follows two narrow  final game defeats in penalty kick shootouts, 2017 and 2018.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Photo:Liber Soria

The green flare to match the Scarborough colours released by fans at the north end of Centennial Stadium told the story just as the final whistle sounded by referee Norman Oliveira signaled a Scarborough 2-0 victory over FC Ukraine in the CSL Championship Final .  Scarborough’s perseverance after losing two penalty kick shootouts in the championships of 2017 and 2018, had finally paid off.

It was the second game of a double header championship afternoon at the Etobicoke ground with FC Vorkuta reserves winning 2-0  over Serbian White Eagles for the Second Division Championship. The victory presented Vorkuta with the club’s third title in 2019 after finishing the regular season on top of the First Division and Second Division tables.

Both sides served up attractive soccer in the main event CSL Championship game, with little to choose between two evenly matched teams that were scoreless at the half and until the 69 th minute when Scarborough striker Aleksander Stojiljkovic drove the ball from 12 yards past Ukraine United goalkeeper Oleksandr Popravka.

Ukraine United fought to get back on even terms, but a tripping foul  in the  penalty box as Scarborough was closing in gave Stojiljkovic his second goal when he scored from the spot. The 2-0 lead held up until the final whistle.

“Ukraine gave us a good game, but my team played well and I think we deserved the win,” said Scarborough GM, sometimes player Kiril Dimitrov. “ We’ve had some injury problems, but it was a fair result and I’m very pleased”.

Ukraine United GM Vladimir Koval was quick to congratulate Scarborough when asked to comment on the game: “They are a good side and I congratulate Scarborough. We had injuries a good part of the season, but in the end Scarborough came through,” he said.

FC Vorkuta B had a distinct first half edge in the opener against Serbian White Eagles B, coming close to scoring three times in the first half, particularly a near miss by midfielder Sergii Ivliev inside the six yard line.

Mykola Temniuk struck for Vorkuta reserves at 80 minutes, and midfielder Denys Yanchuk made it 2-0 at 92 minutes to secure the Second Division Championship victory.

SCARBOROUGH SC ROSTER

Vladimir Dragicevic (Goalkeeper), Halburto Harris (Defender), Angel Angelov (Defender), Alen Kucalovic (Defender), Ivan Prieto (Midfielder), Naieemollah Mobin (Midfielder), Odain Omaro Simpson (Midfielder), Zoran Rajovic (Midfielder), Neven Radakovic (Midfielder), Zoran Knezevic (Midfielder), Milorad Steanovic (Midfielder), Marvin Oneil Morgan (Midfielder), Kavin Bryan (Forward), Gonzalo Matias Cabrera Calis (Forward), Kiril Dimitrov (Forward), Mehdi Barati Mahvar (Forward), Bojan Zoranovic (Forward), Aleksander Stojiljkovic (Forward).

HEAD COACH: Zoran Rajovic, ASSISTANT COACH: Kiril Dimitrov, DIRECTOR: Angel Belchev PHYSIOTHERAPIST: Shannon White

FC UKRAINE UNITED ROSTER

Oleksandr Popravka (Goalkeeper), Ricardo De Vincenzo (Defender), Ivan Kucherenko (Defender), Andrew Gray (Defender), Andrii Sukhetskyi (Defender), Bohdan Skotskyl (Defender), David Velastagui (Midfielder), Nuno Ponte (Midfielder), Amir Hosic (Midfielder), Christiano Alves Da Silva (Midfielder), Ihor Sorotoskyi (Midfielder), Roman Kukharskyy (Midfielder), Ihor Shyshka (Midfielder), Serhyi Savchenko (Midfielder), Pavlo Lukianets (Midfielder), Andriy Bandrivskyy (Goalkeeper), Nazar Milishchuk (Forward), Molham Babouli (Forward).

HEAD COACH: Mykhailo Gurka, ASSISTANT COACH: Ishak Egven, GENERAL MANAGER: Vladimir Koval, MANAGER: Maksym Rohovskyi

MATCH OFFICIALS: Referee: Norman Oliveira, Assistant Referee 1: Faris Efendic, Assistant Referee 2: Gezim Koka, Fourth Official: Zeljko Bojic.

Ground: Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke, Ontario

 PLAYOFFS SUMMARY

CSL CHAMPIONSHIP – QUARTERFINALS

FC Vorkuta 2, Kingsman A 2 (after extra time) Kingsman wins 4-2 on penalty kicks

 Scarborough SC 2,  CSC Mississauga 1 (after extra time)

 SC Waterloo 1, Serbian White Eagles 1 (after extra time) Waterloo wins 5-4 on penalty kicks

 FC Ukraine United 1, Hamilton City 1 (after extra time) Ukraine United wins 4-3 on penalty kicks

 CSL CHAMPIONSHIP – SEMIFINALS

 SC Scarborough 4, Kingsman A 2

FC Ukraine United 5, SC Waterloo 3

CSL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

 Scarborough SC 2, FC Ukraine United 0

 CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – QUARTERFINALS

The two top teams in the regular season standings, FC Vorkuta B and Serbian White Eagles B, gained a bye to the semifinals

 CSC Mississauga B 1, Brantford Galaxy B 0

 Hamilton City B 3, Kingsman B 2

 CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – SEMI FINALS

 FC Vorkuta B 5, Hamilton City B 1

 Serbian White Eagles B 2, CSC Mississauga B 0

  CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

  FC Vorkuta B 2, Serbian White Eagles B 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PICTURE: Scarborough (green) on the offensive winning 4-2 over Kingsman in the CSL Championship semifinal at Birchmount Stadium Saturday. It will be Scarborough’s third final in three years on October 26, and will be against semifinalists FC Ukraine United or SC Waterloo. PHOTO: Oleg Kalyadin

Scarborough SC advanced to the Canadian Soccer League Championship Final with a 4-2 victory over Kingsman A on Saturday. On the same day, FC Vorkuta B defeated Hamilton City B 5-1 in the CSL Second Division Championship semifinal, and Serbian White Eagles B won its CSL Second Division semifinal against CSC Mississauga B by a 2-0 score.

Scarborough’s opponents in the final will be either FC Ukraine United or SC Waterloo, to be decided in the semifinal played on Sunday, October 20.

FC Vorkuta B  and Serbian White Eagles B will meet in the Second Division Championship Final.

Scarborough’s 4-2 semifinal victory over Kingsman A at Birchmount Stadium means a third successive CSL Championship final for the Toronto east-end team since entering the Canadian Soccer League as an expansion team in 2015. Scarborough was the finalist in 2017 against York Region Shooters and in 2018 against FC Vorkuta, both games decided by penalty kicks following 90 minutes and overtime.

Player-coach Zoran Rajovic, Gonzalo Matius Cabrera Celis, Odain Omaro Simpson and Neven Radakovic scored for Scarborough in Saturday’s match, and Sayid Belmokhtar struck twice for Kingsman.

In the Second Division Championship semifinal at Centennial Stadium, midfielder Vladimir Strizovic opened the scoring for Serbian White Eagles B,  heading in a cross from the right wing at the 22^nd minute mark to beat CSC Mississauga B goalkeeper Ryan Ridley.  Luka Milidragovic of Serbian Eagles B found the net 15 minutes later, guiding the ball in again from a right wing cross, a 2-0 score for Serbian White Eagles reserve team, which held to the break.

There were opportunities at both ends during the second half, but the 2-0 scored held to the final whistle.

Serbian White Eagles B played the later stages of the match with 10 men after Stefan Dragnjevic was shown the red card following a second caution.

It was a well played, close encounter at L’Amoreaux Stadium where FC Vorkuta B and  Hamilton City B played a scoreless first half, with the best chance to score coming from a  penalty kick by Vorkuts’s Pavlo Chornomaz and saved by Hamilton goalkeeper Alexander Nikolic.

Hamilton City B opened the scoring at 50 minutes, a goal by Haris Osmanagic who found the net past Vorkuta goalkeeper Samad Kadirov. Vorkuta reserves leveled the score at 58 minutes, a diving header by Kristijan Kezic from a cross by Chornomaz.

Oleksandr Yaremchuk took a pass from Ihor Melnyk to put Vorkuta B in the lead 2-1 at 63 minutes and Melnyk also played a part in a goal by Bogdan Borovskyi to put the home side up 3-1 at 66 minutes. Kezik increased the lead to 4-1 for Vorkuta B at the 70^th minute mark and a spectacular bicycle kick by Brorovskyi for Vorkuta’s fifth goal completed the scoring at 80 minutes.

PLAYOFF RESULTS TO DATE

CSL Championship – Quarterfinals

FC Vorkuta 2, Kingsman A 2 (after extra time) Kingsman wins 4-2 on penalty kicks

Scarborough SC 2,  CSC Mississauga 1 (after extra time)

SC Waterloo 1, Serbian White Eagles 1 (after extra time) Waterloo wins 5-4 on penalty kicks

FC Ukraine United 1, Hamilton City 1 (after extra time) Ukraine United wins 4-3 on penalty kicks

CSL Championship – Semifinals

SC Scarborough 4, Kingsman A 2

Sunday, October 20 Centennial Stadium 4 pm FC Ukraine United vs SC Waterloo

CSL Second Division Championship – Quarterfinals

The two top teams in the regular season standings, FC Vorkuta B and Serbian White Eagles B, gained a bye to the semifinals

CSC Mississauga B 1, Brantford Galaxy B 0

Hamilton City B 3, Kingsman B 2

CSL Second Division Championship – Semifinals

FC Vorkuta B 5, Hamilton City B 1

Serbian White Eagles B 2, CSC Mississauga B 0

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

The CSL Championship Final and CSL Second Division Championship Final will be played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke on Saturday, October 26. The Second Division Championship will kick off at 1 pm, followed by the CSL Championship at 3 pm.

 

Semifinal games for both the CSL Championship and the CSL Second Division Championship will be played this coming weekend with the following schedule:

CSL CHAMPIONSHIP – Semifinals (First Division teams)

Saturday, Oct 19 Birchmount Stadium 4 pm Scarborough SC vs Kingsman A

Sunday, Oct 20 Centennial Stadium 4pm FC Ukraine United vs  SC Waterloo

SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – Semifinals

Saturday, Oct 19 Lamoreoux Sports Complex 1.30pm FC Vorkuta B vs Hamilton City B

Saturday, Oct 19 Centennial Stadium 2pm Serbian White Eagles B vs CSC Mississauga B

PLAYOFF RESULTS TO DATE

CSL Championship – Quarterfinals

FC Vorkuta 2, Kingsman A 2 (after extra time) Kingsman wins 4-2 on penalty kicks

Scarborough SC 2,  CSC Mississauga 1 (after extra time)

SC Waterloo 1, Serbian White Eagles 1 (after extra time) Waterloo wins 5-4 on penalty kicks

FC Ukraine United 1, Hamilton City 1 (after extra time) Ukraine United wins 4-3 on penalty kicks

CSL Second Division Championship – Quarterfinals

The two top teams in the regular season standings, FC Vorkuta B and Serbian White Eagles B, gained a bye to the semifinals

CSC Mississauga B 1, Brantford Galaxy B 0

Hamilton City B 3, Kingsman B 2

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

The CSL Championship Final and CSL Second Division Championship Final will be played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke on Saturday, October 26. The Second Division Championship will kick off at 1 pm, followed by the CSL Championship at 3 pm.

CSC Mississauga B and Hamilton City B advanced to the semifinals of the Second Division Championship following wins in the quarterfinals played Tuesday night.

CSC Mississauga B scored a narrow 1-0 victory over Brantford Galaxy B at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, while at the same time Hamilton City B defeated Kingsman B by a 3-2 score at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York.

All six teams entered the Second Division post season playoffs with the two top teams in the final regular season standings, FC Vorkuta B and Serbian White Eagles B gaining a bye to the semifinals.

Forward Matthaus Garcia struck the winner early in the second half for the CSC Mississauga reserve side, a free kick from 35 yards that found the net past Galaxy goalkeeper Ognjeh Savic. There were several strong end-to-end attacks by both sides for the remainder of the second half, but the 1-0 score held to the final whistle.

Hamilton City reserves took a 3-0 lead in the second quarterfinal, the opening goal scored by Arsen Piatisat at 30 minutes for a 1-0 score at the break.  Marco Serlez increased the Hamilton lead to 2-0 at 50 minutes and Iliga Bajcatic to 3-0 at 70 minutes. Sergly Pitel found the net twice for Kingsman reserves at 75 and 85 minutes, a 3-2 result in favour of Hamilton.

FC Vorkuta B will host Hamilton City B and Serbian White Eagles B will be at home to visiting CSC Mississauga B in the second semifinal.

Summary:

Second Division Championship – Quarterfinals

The two top teams in the regular season standings, FC Vorkuta B and Serbian White Eagles B, gained  a bye to the semifinals

Quarterfinal games:

CSC Mississauga B 1, Brantford Galaxy B 0

Hamilton City B 3, Kingsman B 2

Second Division Championship – Semifinals

FC Vorkuta B vs Hamilton City B    Venue to be announced

Serbian White Eagles B vs CSC Mississauga B   Venue to be announced

CSL Championship – Quarterfinals

FC Vorkuta 2, Kingsman A 2 (after extra time) Kingsman wins 4-2 on penalty kicks

Scarborough SC 2,  CSC Mississauga 1 (after extra time)

SC Waterloo 1, Serbian White Eagles 1 (after extra time) Waterloo wins 5-4 on penalty kicks

FC Ukraine United 1, Hamilton City 1 (after extra time) Ukraine United wins 4-3 on penalty kicks

CSL Championship – Semifinals:

 Scarborough SC vs Kingsman A   Venue to be announced

FC Ukraine United vs SC Waterloo    Venue to be announced

 Finals

The CSL Championship Final and CSL Second Division Championship Final will be played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke on Saturday, October 26. The Second Division Championship will kick off at 1 pm, followed by the CSL Championship at 3 pm.

PICTURE: Milos Kocic going down in CONCACAF Champions League play quarterfinal match won 2-1 by Toronto FC over LA Galaxy.                                                                                 Photographer: Michael Janosz

Former England goalkeeper Joe Corrigan was holding a coaching session for about 40 young would-be goalkeepers on a warm Sunday afternoon at Keelsedale Park in Toronto’s west-end some years ago, and  made a loud declaration “If you are not brave, you should stop trying to be a goalie now.”

The subject of bravery returned a few days ago when a Serbian White Eagles fan commented that goalkeeper Milos Kocic was a brave goalkeeper years ago, always ready to go down in the path of a speedy forward determined to get there first in a 50-50 ball situation, often at the end of a breakaway.

Kocic was one of Canada’s better goalkeepers, last played competitively in 2015 before retiring at 30 after making his mark with a promising career in Europe, then impressively in North America.

Unexpectedly, Kocic entered the field for Serbian White Eagles in the team’s last game of the regular season played at Centennial Stadium on October 2 and explained some days later following an indoor session: “I retired from playing back in 2015 to spend more time with my family, but I still enjoy the game and was encouraged to come back,” said the Serbian-born Kocic.

A youth international with Serbia and Montenegro, Kocic moved to the United States in 2005 and excelled in college soccer at Maryland where in 2008 he was named to the All-American Second team. He was drafted by DC United of Major League Soccer, while at the same time he was contacted by Red Star Belgrade where there was serious interest in a signing.

Kocic decided to stay in North America and in 2009 was signed by Toronto FC making his debut against Vancouver Whitecaps on June 2, 2010. Following a period on loan to Serbian White Eagles in the CSL, Kocic played 37 games for Toronto FC through to the 2012 season. A stint with Portland Timbers of MLS followed, then a signing by ETO FC Gyor, a top club in Hungary.

An imposing 6’ 4” in height, Kocic is anxious to be involved in the playoffs but a shoulder injury puts in doubt his appearance for Serbian White Eagles in the quarterfinal match against SC Waterloo at RIM Park on Saturday, while SC Waterloo GM Vojislav Brisevac reports his squad is healthy and looking forward to the match.

Samad Kadirov, general manager of CSL defending champions FC Vorkuta, says key player Pavlo Chornomaz has fully recovered from a groin injury and his crew is fit and ready for the quarterfinal against Kingsman.

CSL Championship – Quarterfinals

 Saturday, October 12  Ontario Soccer Centre 6 pm  FC Vorkuta vs Kingsman A

Saturday, October 12 Birchmount Stadium 6 pm Scarborough SC vs  CSC Mississauga

Saturday, October 12 RIM Park 7 pm SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles

Sunday, October 13 Centennial Stadium 4 pm FC Ukraine United vs Hamilton City

Second Division Championship – Quarterfinals

The two top teams in the regular season standings, FC Vorkuta B and Serbian White Eagles B, gain a bye to the semifinals

Quarterfinal games:

Tuesday, October 15 Hershey Centre 9 pm CSC Mississauga B vs Brantford Galaxy B

Tuesday, October 15 Esther Shiner Stadium 9 pm Kingsman B vs Hamilton City B

PICTURE: Vorkuta won this game against Kingsman and 14 others to go the entire 2019 regular season  undefeated in the First Division. How far can Vorkuta go in the playoffs ?

FC Vorkuta has won 37 of the 48 regular season matches since kicking off in the Canadian Soccer League’s First Division in 2017. The club, named after and in tribute to a community with a troubled past located just above the Arctic Circle and almost 2,000 kilometers from Moscow, has won the CSL Championship and the First Division title twice, and Its reserve team has won the Second Division twice. All squeezed into almost three seasons.

The regular season just ended was particularly impressive with an unbeaten streak from start to finish in the First Division to reflect added signings on top of a solid squad that caught wide attention during the inaugural 2017 campaign and repeated successes in 2018.

New striker Mykola Temniuk, who played at a high level in Poland and Ukraine before signing for Vorkuta, was an immediate hit earlier this year and eventually won the current First Division top scorer award with 18 goals. Recent additions, midfielders Bogdan Borovskyi and Pavlo Chornomaz, both with high level experience in Ukraine, made a strong side even stronger following their arrival, and local talent addition Fadi Salback, who raised eyebrows when scoring four in his reserve team opener, was quickly moved to the first team, made a difference and is now considered a bright addition for the future..

How far can FC Vorkuta go in CSL professional soccer?

With two league titles won, can Vorkuta create a new CSL record by winning the CSL Championship and CSL Second Division Championship to scoop up all four titles in one season ?

“Playoffs are completely different story. Of course, we are dreaming of winning both playoffs titles and winning 4 titles in the same season would be something unbelievable. We will try our best, we will fight from the first second of the game till the very last one.  We sincerely hope that we will lift both playoffs trophies on October 26,”  said Vorkuta GM Samad Kadirov earlier this week.

Vorkuta’s first post-season match in pursuit of the CSL Championship goes against Kingsman at The Soccer Centre in Vaughan on Saturday, October 12, a 6 pm kickoff.

CSL Championship – Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 12  Ontario Soccer Centre 6 pm  FC Vorkuta vs Kingsman A

Saturday, October 12 Birchmount Stadium 6 pm  Scarborough SC vs  CSC Mississauga

Saturday, October 12 RIM Park 7 pm SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles

Sunday, October 13 Centennial Stadium 4 pm FC Ukraine United vs Hamilton City

 Second Division Championship – Quarterfinals

The two top teams in the regular season standings, FC Vorkuta B and Serbian White Eagles B, gain a bye to the semifinals

Quarterfinal games:

Tuesday, October 15 Hershey Centre 9 pm CSC Mississauga B vs Brantford Galaxy B

Tuesday, October 15 Esther Shiner Stadium 9 pm Kingsman B vs Hamilton City B

 

Hamilton City jumped two positions to sixth in the standings with a 3-1 victory over Kingsman A and in one other match played to end the regular season in the Canadian Soccer League, Brantford Galaxy and Real Mississauga played to a scoreless tie.

Vukasin Kovacevic opened the scoring for Hamilton City at 36 minutes at the Heritage Field, a 1-0 lead at the interval. Haris Osmanagic made it 2-0 at 68 minutes and Kovacevic struck the third at the 87^th minute mark. Sayid Belmokhtar scored for Kingsman.

Hamilton City ended the season with a 6-9-3 WLT record for 21 points, while Kingsman drops to eighth in the standings with a 6-11-1 record for 19 points.

Kingsman and CSC Mississauga have each ended the season with 19 points and each has a first tie-breaker of 6 games won during the regular season. In the second tie-breaker, CSC Mississauga has a superior home-and-home record to assume 7^th position in the standings, Kingsman drops to 8^th.

With the completion of the First Division regular season the quarterfinals of the CSL Championship playoffs will be played Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13:

Saturday, October 12  Ontario Soccer Centre 6 pm  FC Vorkuta vs Kingsman A

Saturday, October 12  Scarborough vs  CSC Mississauga      Venue to be advised

Saturday, October 12 RIM Park 7 pm SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles

Sunday, October 13 Centennial Stadium 4 pm FC Ukraine United vs Hamilton City

 The semifinals will be played the weekend October 18 – 20 and the CSL Championship Final will be played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke on Saturday, October 26, a 3 pm kickoff, to be preceded by the Second Division Championship at 1 pm.

 

 

 

Serbian White Eagles completed its regular season with a 3-1 victory over Kingsman A and in one other game in the Canadian Soccer League First Division, Hamilton City defeated CSC Mississauga 2-1.

Midfielder Nikola Postic opened the scoring for Serbian White Eagles in the first minute of play at Centennial Stadium, and Misel Klisara made it 2-0 for the home team at the 20 minute mark. It was 2-0 at the break.

Defender Zoran Pesic increased the lead to 3-0 for Serbian White Eagles at 82 minutes and Kingsman defender Vadym Zayamyy found the net past Serbian White Eagles goalkeeper Milos Kocic to reduce the lead to 3-1 at 86 minutes, the score in favour of Serbian White Eagles at the final whistle. It was Kocic’ return to Serbian White Eagles following success in Major League Soccer which included 37 appearances for Toronto FC.

Serbian White Eagles ended the regular season with a 9-5-4 WLT record for 31 points for fifth position in the table, having tied on points with SC Waterloo which took fourth in the standings by virtue of a superior tie-breaker of 10 wins during the regular season, Serbian White Eagled finished with nine.

Hamilton City improve to a 5-9-3 record for 18 points following Wednesday’s 2-1 win for 8^th position in the standings and one game remaining, while CSC Mississauga has completed its season with a 6-11-1 record for 19 points in 6^th position. Positions may change following the two games scheduled for Saturday, October 5. The final games in the First Division are:

 Saturday, Oct. 5 Heritage Field 6:30 pm  Hamilton City vs Kingsman A     

Saturday, Oct. 5, Heritage Field 8:30 pm Brantford Galaxy vs Real Mississauga     

TIE-BREAKERS

When teams are tied on points at the end of the regular season, the following tie-breakers are used in the following order:

1. Total wins
2. Head to head record
3. Goal difference
4. Goals score during regular season

First Division teams in the CSL Championship playoffs:

FC Vorkuta (Home advantage)

Scarborough SC (Home advantage)

FC Ukraine United (Home advantage)

SC Waterloo (Home advantage)

Serbian White Eagles

Kingsman A

CSC Mississauga

Hamilton City

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Second Division Championship

 In the Second Division Championship, all six teams will take part in the playoffs. FC Vorkuta B, which won the Second Division regular season, and runner-up Serbian White Eagles B, will gain a bye in the opening round quarterfinals. The four remaining teams will play in the opening round.